Tattoo position on upper body to balance out scar concealing leg tattoos

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So I think medium (the mod) pointed this out:

-> If you get tattoos on your legs, you might want to get some on your upper body to balance it out (might look odd to just have tattoos on legs)

1. Where are some good places to get the tattoos on the upper body that can still be easily concealed with clothing? Some professional situations are not good to have visible tattoos

2. So I guess you just need to avoid the hands/wrists/neck/ anywhere else?

3. Where position wise do you think might be good to balance out the leg tattoos visually?

4. What kinds of tattoos look not as bad as you get older/wrinkled/etc?

Thanks!!

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 19, 2022, 12:53:55 AM1. Chest and back.

2. Yes.

3. See #1

4. Tribals

Thanks. Tribals - like these? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/db/52/b2/db52b282b1751f88753e854f949c2d2c--forearm-tattoos-for-men-tribal-tattoos-for-men.jpg

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 19, 2022, 12:53:55 AM1. Chest and back.

2. Yes.

3. See #1

4. Tribals

Curious, what are your thoughts on just going for one chest tattoo to balance out the legs and ignoring the back entirely? Unsure if it will look imbalanced to have nothing on the back

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 19, 2022, 04:12:54 AMYeah, tribals like that will hold up the best.

I think it would be balanced if you place the upper body tattoos vertically, e.g. tattoos on the outer thigh could correspond with tattoos on the side of the torso.  Maybe even link them going up from the legs?

Yeah it sounds good, I'm sort of torn between tribals (which seem 'natural' or 'done before and not out of place' in a sense that tribal people would have them on themselves). Versus a more flower/vine/leaves approach. Mainly, I am trying to avoid a certain 'gang'-like look but I am not sure if flower/vine/leaves is really the answer or not

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on October 19, 2022, 12:04:36 PMJust get skin color matching tattoos

Maybe medium of drink of water could chime in, he went a different route after alot of research

What about this below though?

https://www.ink-illusion.com › faq › can-scars-be-camo...
"Jan 3, 2021 — Your scar(s) need to be lighter than the surrounding skin to be able to have tattooing. This is because lighter ink will not satisfactorily ..."

There's no way my scars will be lighter than my skin color

Maybe some darker skinned people can do this? I don't know

Almost all pictures I've seen of skin color tattoos working was for when the scar was flat-ish and whitish colored, anyone with experience with this wanna chime in?

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on October 19, 2022, 02:22:46 PMI honestly think laser is the best option and then you just need to hope you scar well (your incisions turn white).  Stay out of the sun.  There have been people on here with good results.  Getting the texture to match the surrounding area goes a long way.

oh hm... am I understanding right so you would do laser followed by skin colored tattoo?

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 19, 2022, 08:02:06 PMThat is definitely not the answer.  That stuff is for girls and it won't make a good cover-up since it'll be all curvy.  Your scars are going to be linear, and you'll want the artist to put linework over them as opposed to shading.  A geometric tattoo design would make a better cover-up but they don't stand the test of time as well as tribals.  Maybe a geometric tribal or abstract geometric stained glass design?

You won't look like a gang member if you have tribals, you'll look like a frat boy d-bag.

I'm not familiar with femur LL scars or skin-color tattooing.

Are you happy with the tattoos you got? Ex: would you change anything, don't have to go into specifics if it is uncomfortable

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For dating, I still see a small problem. I am just sort of thinking let's say someone gets internals for femurs and tibias and then gets tattoos on them to conceal them and then goes on a date

The problem is that some of the scars will be somewhat raised (I have some small linear scars that sort of like have a small raised bump under them) and someone on a date could feel that bump

What would you say if someone felt that bump under the scar/tattoo?

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 22, 2022, 07:11:51 PMBest to get the scar to be flat before tattooing.

What kind of doctors and procedures would you look into?

I have some linear femur LL scars that have small bumps under the linear scars.

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Quote from: wannabeidol on October 24, 2022, 09:11:49 AM
save up for a plastic surgeon to just correct your scars. it honestly would be cheaper that spending thousands on tattoos

Right. But the question is: can a plastic surgeon truly make the scars back to not noticeable by someone on a date touching/seeing your legs in bed?

And medium drink of water (? I think) had some scar reduction surgeries but still ended up going with a tattoo in the end right?